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In this update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. Killing Us Softly 4 stands to challenge a new generation of students to take advertising seriously, and to think critically about popular culture and its relationship to sexism, eating disorders, and gender violence.

Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D. is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the image of women in advertising and for her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising. In the late 1960s she began her exploration of the connection between advertising and several public health issues, including violence against women, eating disorders, and addiction, and launched a movement to promote media literacy as a way to prevent these problems. Kilbourne is the creator of the renowned Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women film series and the author of the award-winning book Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel and co-author of So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids.

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  • Hey you; yes you, the one reading this right now. I don't care what size or race you are, you are beautiful and absolutely perfect just the way you are. Let no one tell you different.

  • I hate to admit this, but I as a woman can really relate to much of this. The low self esteem, the depression, the self loathing.. And expected to perform sexually without getting anything in return (also the fear of rape when going outside). It saddens me to think this is going on in the lives of pretty much all the girls in the world..

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  • Great video's, she's saying nothing but the truth. Our way of advertising needs to stop, to better the nation we live in.

  • It is notable that as male objectifcation increases so does the amount of men suffering from eating disorders.

  • It would be good if this was the kind of information that was given to both girls and boys at sex education. This is the kind of information that could really help them better understand their sexuality.

  • @cobrastern Jag vill ställa en direkt fråga till dig: Är du medveten om att vetenskapen har bevisat att människor som får höra människan saknar fri vilja och styrs av strukturer får sämre karaktär än personer som får höra de har fri vilja? Alltså personer som tror de är manipulerade har bevisats mycket mer benägna att fuska, missköta sig och skylla på andra. Med detta sagt VAD SÄGER OVAN VIDEO OM FRI VILJA?

  • @NightAtTheOpera3 Listen up! You dont have a say in what others think or say. You have a say in what you yourself CHOOSE to DO! If you listen to people claiming otherwise, saying you are brainwashed and telling you nothing is your fault. Then thats your choice and your responsibility!

  • @cobrastern: Det är vetenskaplitgt helt fel att påstå ni kvinnor blir hjärntvättade av media, Ni kvinnor blir hjärntvättade av varandra! (alltså av andra kvinnor) Ifall du missat det så heter min blogg AKTIVARUM och jag har skrivit om sådant här i flera år. Ni kvinnor har kvinnovetenskap (genus etc) ni har kvinnopolitik (s-kvinnorna etc) Kort sagt ni har lärt er ni skall klara er själva och att det är dåligt att lyssna på MÄN! Ovan ser jag åter kvinnlig separatism och du undrar mitt ogillande???

  • @cobrastern Jag pratade om vem som bestämmer vilken sorts reklam som är bra och vilken sorts kläder som säljer bra (som vi får mer av), och svaret är alltså konsumenterna (kvinnor). Och nej vi MÄN är inte "manipulerade" att tro kvinnor inte duger om de inte ser ut som i reklamerna. Vi män har regelbundet romantiska relationer med kvinnor som inte ser ut som de som i reklamerna. Så hur kan kvinnor tro de inte duger bara för att kvinnor i reklamen säger det? Lyssnar de aldrig på männen?

  • Thumbs up for this. Rarely do people see the big picture nowadays

  • @TheCultureCommentary Det är vi som kvinnor som blir utsatta från en tidig ålder att konstans eftersträva vissa ouppnåeliga ideal. Vi blir hjärntvättade av media. Det handlar inte om hur bra företagen gör ifrån sig, det handlar om vår psykiska och fysiska hälsa.

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